PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur
(jAN 21, 2019) – Joint
AFP and PNP troops clashed with undetermined number of Lawless Armed group in
Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte Saturday (January 19, 2019), military official
disclosed.
Capt. Clint
Antipala, Acting Division Public Affairs (DPAO) Chief said that the 15-minute
firefight resulted into one soldier declared dead on arrival by the attending
physician in Camp Navarro Hospital, Zamboanga City after he was extracted from
the encounter area.
The joint law
enforcement operation was conducted to arrest Basiran Ahil Mudja who has two
warrants of arrest for murder and attempted murder case.
Name of the
dead soldier was withheld pending the notification of the families.
“Pursuit
operation has been conducted to arrest and neutralize the armed group who also
suffered casualties based on the bloodstains left in the encounter site,” said
Col. Bagnus Gaerlan, the 102nd Infantry Brigade Commander based in Ipil,
Zamboanga Sibugay.
“We extend
our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of our hero soldier. He died
protecting the community in pursuit of peace and prosperity,” said Maj. Gen. Roseller
Murillo, 1st Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Zampelan (Zamboanga Peninsula
and Lanao Provinces) Commander. (By JONG CADION with DPAO PR)
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